Diversity of bartonellae in mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae) of boreal forest bats: Association of host specificity of mites and habitat selection of hosts with vector potential

• Published in: Medical and veterinary entomology Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 518 - 529
• Main Authors: Sándor, Attila D., Corduneanu, Alexandra, Orlova, Maria, Hornok, Sándor, Cabezas‐Cruz, Alejandro, Foucault‐Simonin, Angélique, Kulisz, Joanna, Zając, Zbigniew, Borzan, Mihai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Anaplasmataceae; Animals; Bacteria; Bartonella; Bartonella - genetics; Bartonella - isolation & purification; Bartonella Infections - microbiology; Bartonella Infections - transmission; Bartonella Infections - veterinary; Bats; boreal forests; Central European region; Chiroptera; Chiroptera - microbiology; Chiroptera - parasitology; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Ecosystem; Ectoparasites; Forests; generalist parasite; genes; habitat preferences; Habitat selection; Hepatozoon; host ecology; Host Specificity; insectivores; intergenic DNA; Life Sciences; Livestock; Macronyssidae; medical and veterinary entomology; Mite Infestations - parasitology; Mite Infestations - veterinary; mites; Mites - microbiology; Mites - physiology; Mycoplasma; Palearctic region; Pathogens; Phylogeny; polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; Rickettsia; rRNA; rRNA 23S; species; Species diversity; Spinturnicidae; Strains (organisms); Taiga; vector‐borne disease; zoonoses; zoonotic; Central European region; host ecology; generalist parasite; pathogens; zoonotic; Chiroptera; vector‐borne disease; Chiroptera generalist parasite; vector-borne disease

Research into various bacterial pathogens that can be transmitted between different animals and may have zoonotic potential has led to the discovery of different strains of Bartonella sp. in bats and their associated ectoparasites. Despite their enormous species diversity, only a few studies have fo...